Refined carbohydrate intake in relation to non-verbal intelligence among Tehrani schoolchildren

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1925-1931

  Abargouei, Amin Salehi ^a,b   Kalantari, Naser ^c   Omidvar, Nasrin ^c   Rashidkhani, Bahram ^c   Rad, Anahita Houshiar ^c   Ebrahimi, Azizeh Afkham ^d   Khosravi Boroujeni, Hossein ^a   Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad ^a,b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; Intelligence quotient; Refined carbohydrates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; IRAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; IRAN; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84866355173     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011003302     Document Type: Article

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